Toyota opens new EA showroom, workshop

Toyota opens new EA showroom, workshop
Models flanking the newly unveiled HINO truck. Photo/ COURTESY
Models flanking the newly unveiled HINO truck. Photo/ COURTESY
Models flanking the newly unveiled HINO truck. Photo/ COURTESY

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 10 – Toyota Kenya has unveiled a 15-acre business park that will include the Hino Motors showroom and workshop in Nairobi.

The business park situated on Popo road off Mombasa road will also be a central parts depot for East and Central Africa, a vehicle logistics centre for warehousing and processing vehicles for East and Central Africa.

Launching the park at the weekend, Toyota Kenya chairman Dennis Awori said that the investment prepares them well to be the regional hub for East and Central Africa.

Awori said that besides boosting tax revenue, this campaign will help create high quality Kenyan jobs and business opportunities for Kenyan Small and Medium sized Enterprises.

He said that the opening of the dedicated Hino facility will enable them give the appropriate focus to the needs of the commercial vehicle operator.

“The workshop here for example includes beds for drivers to rest while their trucks or buses undergo service, an important service in a commercial vehicle operation” he added.

The firm has in addition partnered with Busmark, to introduce high quality and safe buses in the country.

KENNEDY KANGETHE

Kennedy is a Bachelor of Arts in Communication graduate from St. Paul's University and has been writing for the Capital FM Business Desk since 2013, Besides business news, he enjoys traveling, public speaking and singing